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The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go.

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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Come
Pulses
Fireflies
Firefly
Meadow
Meadows
Pulse

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